Surgical Science

Vol.5 No.8(2014), Paper ID 48679, 12 pages

DOI:10.4236/ss.2014.58057

 

The Utility of Procalcitonin as a Biomarker to Limit the Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Adult Sepsis Patients

 

Ronald S. Chamberlain, Brian J. Shayota, Carl Nyberg, Prasanna Sridharan

 

Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, USA
Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, USA
Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, USA
Department of Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, USA

 

Copyright © 2014 Ronald S. Chamberlain, Brian J. Shayota, Carl Nyberg, Prasanna Sridharan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Chamberlain, R. , Shayota, B. , Nyberg, C. and Sridharan, P. (2014) The Utility of Procalcitonin as a Biomarker to Limit the Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Adult Sepsis Patients. Surgical Science, 5, 342-353. doi: 10.4236/ss.2014.58057.

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